Commitments and Contingencies

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2026

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

4.	Commitments and Contingencies

Capital Commitments

As of March 31, 2026, the Fund’s estimated capital commitments related to its oil and gas properties were $2.9 million (which include asset retirement obligations for the Fund’s projects of $2.0 million), of which $0.8 million is expected to be spent during the next twelve months. Future results of operations and cash flows are dependent on the revenues from production and sale of oil and natural gas from the Beta Project.

Based upon its current cash position, salvage fund and its current reserves estimates, the Fund expects cash flow from operations to be sufficient to cover its commitments and ongoing operations. Reserves estimates are projections based on engineering data that cannot be measured with precision, require substantial judgment, and are subject to frequent revision.

Impact from Market Conditions

The impact of various economic, geopolitical, political and regulatory developments on oil and natural gas prices and their corresponding effect on the Fund remains uncertain.

Environmental and Governmental Regulations

Many aspects of the oil and gas industry are subject to federal, state and local environmental laws and regulations. The Manager and operators of the Fund’s properties are continually taking action they believe appropriate to satisfy applicable federal, state and local environmental regulations. However, due to the significant public and governmental interest in environmental matters related to those activities, the Manager cannot predict the effects of possible future legislation, rule changes, or governmental or private claims. As of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, there were no known environmental contingencies that required adjustment to, or disclosure in, the Fund’s financial statements.

Oil and gas industry legislation and administrative regulations are periodically changed for a variety of political, economic, and other reasons. Any such future laws and regulations could result in increased compliance costs or additional operating restrictions, which could have a material adverse effect on the Fund’s operating results and cash flows. It is not possible at this time to predict whether such legislation or regulation, if proposed, will be adopted as initially written, if at all, or how legislation or new regulation that may be adopted would impact the Fund’s business.

BSEE and BOEM Supplemental Financial Assurance Requirements

On April 18, 2023, the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (“BSEE”) published a final rule at 88 FR 23569 on Risk Management, Financial Assurance and Loss Prevention effective May 18, 2023 to clarify and formalize its regulations related to decommissioning responsibilities of Outer Continental Shelf (“OCS”) oil, gas, and sulfur lessees and grant holders to ensure compliance with lease, grant, and regulatory obligations. The rule clarifies decommissioning responsibilities of right-of-use and easement grant holders and formalizes BSEE's policies regarding performance by predecessors ordered to decommission OCS facilities. The final rule withdraws a proposal from 2020 to amend BSEE's regulations to require BSEE to proceed in reverse chronological order against predecessor lessees, owners of operating rights, and grant holders when requiring such entities to perform their accrued decommissioning obligations if the current lessees, owners, or holders have failed to perform. In addition, BSEE also decided not to finalize the appeal bonding requirements proposed in 2020 in this final rule.

On April 24, 2024, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (“BOEM”) published a final rule at 89 FR 31544 on Risk Management and Financial Assurance for OCS Lease and Grant Obligations, effective June 29, 2024. This rule substantially revises the supplemental financial assurance requirements for decommissioning offshore wells and infrastructure once they are no longer in use. The rule establishes a simplified test using only two criteria by which BOEM would determine whether supplemental financial assurance should be required of OCS oil and gas lessees: (1) credit rating, and (2) the ratio of the value of proved oil and gas reserves of the lease to the estimated decommissioning liability associated with the reserves. If a current lessee meets one of these criteria, it will not be required to provide supplemental financial assurance. In addition, as it relates to supplemental financial assurance requirements for OCS oil and gas right-of-use and easement grant holders, BOEM will only consider the first criteria – i.e., credit rating. Under the rule, BOEM would no longer consider or rely upon the financial strength of prior grant holders and lessees in determining whether, or how much, supplemental financial assurance should be provided by the current grant holders and lessees. The rule would allow existing lessees and grant holders to request phased-in payments over three years to meet the new financial assurance amounts. On June 28, 2024, BOEM issued a timeline on its website for implementing the rule. BOEM indicates that it will begin sending out notices to companies to submit financial and property information, to which such companies have six months to respond. BOEM can take up to 18 months from receipt of such information to complete its review and an additional six months thereafter to complete financial assurance demands. Moreover, on June 17, 2024, the States of Louisiana, Texas and Mississippi, along with several industry advocate groups, filed a lawsuit in federal court in Louisiana challenging many parts of the rule and BOEM’s statutory power to issue it. The litigation was stayed in anticipation of the issuance of a new rule, which could make the litigation moot. On December 10, 2025, the court ordered a continuation of the stay with a requirement for the defendants to file a status report upon the earlier of the issuance of a new rule or 120 days from the date of the order. There have been no substantive rulings on the merits, and the case remains stayed pending BOEM’s ongoing rulemaking.

On March 9, 2026, BOEM published a proposed rule titled “Risk Management and Financial Assurance for OCS Lease and Grant Obligations” (the “2026 Proposed Rule”), which would revise and potentially replace the 2024 final rule consistent with the Trump administration’s 2020 framework. The proposal is intended to reduce supplemental financial assurance requirements and includes, among other changes, reinstating consideration of the financial strength of jointly and severally liable predecessor lessees, revising credit rating thresholds, modifying decommissioning liability estimation methodologies, and expanding the flexibility of acceptable financial assurance instruments. BOEM has indicated that the proposed changes could significantly reduce industry-wide supplemental financial assurance requirements. The 2026 Proposed Rule remains subject to public comment and may be revised prior to finalization. Accordingly, the Fund is currently evaluating the potential impact of the proposal but cannot reasonably estimate its effect on the Fund’s financial condition or results of operations at this time.

The Fund will continue to maintain the salvage fund, a separate interest-bearing account, to fund its proportionate share of the estimated future costs of decommissioning liabilities for its projects. The Fund will continue to reassess its estimated decommissioning liabilities and reserve for additional funding as necessary.

Insurance Coverage

The Fund is subject to all risks inherent in the oil and natural gas business. Insurance coverage as is customary for entities engaged in similar operations is maintained, but losses may occur from uninsurable risks or amounts in excess of existing insurance coverage. The occurrence of an event that is not insured or not fully insured could have a material adverse impact upon earnings and financial position. Moreover, insurance is obtained as a package covering all of the entities managed by the Manager. Depending on the extent, nature and payment of claims made by the Fund or other entities managed by the Manager, yearly insurance coverage may be exhausted and become insufficient to cover a claim by the Fund in a given year.

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